ALL,
 
Helen Elizabeth Yoder Hahn, mother of Rachael Hahn Kennedy, passed in her 
sleep at Rachael's home on Friday, April 4, 2003.
 
Services tomorrow (Sunday) in Concord NC.
 
Bill
 

PART II- JOHN YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS

1. John Yoder (2) 1764-1835 (Con1)

2. John Yoder (3) 1795-1870 (Con11)

3. Daniel M. Yoder (4) 1822-1908

4. Alfred P. Yoder (5) 1866-1947

5. Andrew R. Yoder (4) 1836-1895

6. John A. Yoder (5) 1864-1926

7. Junius Yoder (5) 1867-1948

8. Jacob Yoder (3) 1797-1864

9. Reuben Yoder (4) 1828-1898

10. Oliver Mack Yoder (5) 1873-1948

11. moses yoder (4) 1830-1917

12. Marcus Yoder (4) 1833-1880

13. Amzi Yoder (4) 1844-1924

14. Michael Yoder (3) 1799-1874

15. Col. George M. Yoder (4) 1826-1920

16. Francis Alfonzo Yoder (5) 1851-1913

17. Julius Montfort Yoder (5) 1853-1925

18. Florence Yoder Ramseur (5) 1860-1935

19. Colin Monroe Yoder (5) 1863-1953

20. Enloe Michael Yoder (5) 1879-1948

21. Cyrus Yoder (4) 1828-1865

22. Michael Andrew Lee Yoder (5) 1856-1924

23. Peter R. Yoder (5) 1858-1930

CHAPTER III

JOHN YODER(2), 1764-1835

John Yoder(2), the oldest son of Conrad Yoder(1), was born on his father's farm, close by Jacob's Fork River, October 26, 1764, and died December 29, 1835 from paralytic stroke. He married Mary Barbara Reep who died August 28, 1842. Both were members of Grace Reformed Church and are buried in Grace Church Cemetery. In 1963 their living descendants replaced their crumbling marble tombstones with new granite tombstones. Their children were Christina, John, Jacob, Michael, Henry, Peter, Mollie, and Barbara. John Yoder(2) worked on his father's farm as a pioneer's son, helping clear the land and putting it into cultivation. He lived in his father's home till he was 26 years old, and married shortly after his father's death.

We know a great deal about John Yoder(2). He was the grandfather of Col. George M. Yoder(4), who knew him well as a child, and spent many hours, days and nights in his home. Little George was ten years old when his grandfather died, and 17 years old when his grandmother died. Col. Yoder often talked to the author about his grandfather, John Yoder(2), and related anecdotes about him.

John Yoder(2) was 16 years old when the battle of King's Mountain of the American Revolution was fought in October, 1780. He volunteered his services for this battle and was, according to tradition, among those who gathered at the home of Henry Weidner to make ready to join forces from the area already in the field. But, being only 16 years old, he was told by his elders that he was too young to go to war. The folk tradition about his being rejected for battle, that has come down through the years, is that he was told by his older neighbor volunteers "to go back home and eat a few more pots of mush before he went to war."

Mary Barbara Reep, whom John Yoder(2) married in 1790, lived on the South Fork River, near where the town of Lincolnton is now located, about 14 miles distant from John Yoder's(2) home. Just how he came to know her, we do not know. As a child, she heard the first shots fired in the battle of Ramsour's Mill, only about a mile from her home. This battle was fought between Loyalists or Tories on one side, and Whigs or Patriots, on the other. Neighbors from the same community and county fought against each other. No British soldiers were involved.

In the division of land of Conrad Yoder(1), John Yoder(2) received 130 acres lying on both sides of Jacob's Fork River. He built his log cabin house on the west side of the river, about a half mile from the old Conrad Yoder(1) home, close-by a good spring and a branch running into the river a few hundred yards away. As his family grew, he added three more rooms to the first cabin.. He also built a barn, crib, blacksmith shop and in 1810, a little log school house in his own yard for the education of his own children and his neighbors' children. A few yards away on the branch he had a still by which he made his surplus corn into whiskey, which could be much more economically marketed than corn.

Col. Yoder described the barn of his grandfather, in which he played and romped as a small boy, as having a driveway between stalls and stables, with an overhead loft, a good floor where sheaves of wheat and oats were laid out in circles, and horses driven or led around over the sheaves to tramp out the grain. In fields where wheat and oats were raised, a fallow plan of letting the land lie idle every other year was followed. To the west of John Yoder's(2) farm was a vast woodland open range where livestock roamed widely.

The major crop of John Yoder(2) was corn. On his rich bottom lands, Col. George M. Yoder's(4) father, Michael Yoder(3), told his son, "We always got about 100 loads of corn. We began planting corn early in the spring and cultivated the corn till roasting ears began to come. Sometimes we would not get all the corn planted and worked out." The author as a boy, 1900 to 1910, planted, cultivated, and gathered corn on a piece of this rich bottom land.

John Yoder(2) seems to have received some formal education as a boy. He may have been instructed in the elements of reading, writing, and arithmetic by his own father, who apparently was a literate man. Also he may have attended an early private school located where Zion Lutheran Church now stands, taught by a teacher named Jacob Weaver. Col. George M. Yoder(4) related how his grandfather spent many hours educating himself after he was married. On a large hearthstone, before his big eight foot wide fireplace, by the light of pine knots, he worked out problems in arithmetic. He bought himself a surveyor's outfit and learned how to survey and plot land. Early records in the Lincoln County courthouse show his extensive surveying and land plotting in Lincoln County. He was appointed by the state legislature as one of the surveyors to run the boundary line between Lincoln and Burke Counties. He wrote in beautiful English script. He was executive administrator for many estates. Although in ordinary conversation and speech with members of his family and neighbors, he spoke "Pennsylvania Dutch," he had a good command of English for speaking, reading, and writing. At the sale of his property after his death, at least a dozen books printed in both German and English were sold, including German and English Testaments and hymn books, a dictionary, a medical book, a doctor's book, and a "lot of books." Among the books sold at the sale was a German bible, which was bought by Jacob Weaver, husband of Christina Yoder Weaver(3), daughter of John Yoder(2). This was undoubtedly the old Conrad Yoder(1) Bible. It brought $6.01.

It has already been stated that he had built in his on yard a small log school house and hired a teacher to instruct his own and his neighbors' children. Later he gave a site of about an acre "in consideration for five cents" for a school, which was constructed in 1833. The deed for the site is to John Yoder, Jr.,(3) and David B. Whitener, and reads in part as follows:

"…use of the School House in that neighborhood and inhabitants

of the neighborhood. The duty of the trustees to take charge of the

School House and if any thing is to be done they shall give

notice

to the inhabitants of that neighborhood if any one of the

trustees

should die or remove out of that neighborhood, the

inhabitants to

hold an election to elect another trustee, the

School House to be

known as the Union School House to hold forever…"

John Yoder(2) was a member of the German Reformed Church at Grace. A Union Lutheran and Reformed log church was constructed here about the year 1797.

The land sale that I wrote of is recorded: Lincolc Co Deeds.1797 Book 18 pg237#652 14 Jan 1797. Samuel Jarret to Jon Yoder and John Hefner etc......I love the mental

picture of these two men setting out to purchase land to build a church in

what couldn't have been much more than wilderness. Great Stuff. Thanks again

Bob Hefner

> To: Bob Hefner <bobhefner@earthlink.net>

> Hi, My name is Robert James Hefner. I'm a descendent of John Hefner. I

> found a reference in the history of Lincoln Co. N.C. Telling of the

> purchase of 3.5 acres of land at the fork of the Catawba river and Potts

> creek by Jon Yoder and John Hefner for the purpose of building Grace

> Evangelical Lutheran church dated 14 Jan 1797.

Religious meetings had probably been held on this site before the church was built. John Yoder(2) was one of the elders of the Reformed Church at Grace for many years. After the congregation had lost its first pastor, John Yoder(2) in 1825, was authorized to write to the Pennsylvania Synod for another pastor. He secured Rev. John Fritchey. About 1832 Rev. Fritchey wanted to take Negroes (slaves then) into the church, allowing them to sit in the gallery. John Yoder(2) strenuously opposed this move. He owned no slaves and wanted to have nothing to do with them. After he and others on his side had been outvoted he stood up and in "Pennsylvania Dutch" declared:

"'Ian h auben de kerchem helfen bauchem, an d ich stageninde

theren cin staungel briggel und slaug dare ars en Nager um das

do ui gaen wall."

Translated: "I helped to build this church and will take my stand

in the door and the first Negro that attempts to go in I will knock

him over with a snake pole."

During his lifetime Negroes were not brought into the church. But three years after his death, in 1838, the matter was brought up again and a majority in the congregation a second time voted to take Negroes into the church, allowing them to come in and sit in the gallery. Soon after, practically all the Yoders in the Reformed Congregation left it and joined the Lutheran Congregation worshipping in the same Union Church. Most of their descendants have been Lutherans since that time.

John Yoder(2) did not believe in shouting at church meetings. On one occasion when a sort of revival meeting had been held at the home of his church neighbor, George Shuford, and considerable shouting had taken place among the members of the Reformed Church, John Yoder(2) went around among his neighbors to learn whether it was true. Learning that it was true, he went to Rev. Graever, the Lutheran preacher living a few miles away, and urged him not to associate with the Reformed preacher who had conducted the meeting at which the shouting took place. Rev. Fritchey, the Reformed preacher prepared to leave the church. But before leaving he went to see the John Yoder(2) family. He sat down beside John Yoder's(2) wife and said: "Well, Mother, I'm going to leave here. What do you think about it?" She replied: "Well, those that don't want to stay here must go. There will then be more corn for the hogs."

Although a determined outspoken man in his convictions and in what he believed, John Yoder(2) was really a peace loving man. He never quarreled with his neighbors. Once when two of his neighbors, John Dellinger and Henry Sigmon, had a disagreement and bitter quarrel and planned to fight a duel, Dellinger selected John Yoder(2) as his second. But before the duel came off John Yoder(2) went to see both of them privately and persuaded them to patch up their differences, make friends again, and not fight the duel.

For many years John Yoder(2) was a militia captain. The local militia was an important organization in those early frontier days. All able-bodied men between 16 and 60 were required to belong to the militia and meet for drill for a certain number of days each year. The officers of the militia were elected by popular vote and were important local leaders.

Over the years, John Yoder(2), like his father, became a large land owner. He inherited land from his father, as we have seen. He bought the shares of his stepmother and his several brothers. He also received several grants of land from the state. At the time of his death he owned over 1200 acres of land.

In politics John Yoder(2) was a staunch Jeffersonian-Jacksonian Democrat. Among items sold at the sale of his personal property after his death was a life of General Andrew Jackson. When state political leaders and speakers came to Lincolnton for their political meetings and rallies, they usually inquired about John Yoder(2), and how his kinsmen and neighbors were planning to vote.

Like his father, John Yoder(2) died without having made a will. His estate was settled according to law and the proceeds and land distributed among his widow and children.

The sale of his personal property took place February 9-12, 1836. More than 1,000 persons attended the sale, some of them coming from a distance of 20 miles and more. Three hundred fifty items of personal property were sold, and total sales amounted to $718. Col George M. Yoder(4), as a ten year old boy, was present during the three days of the sale. According to him the sale was a gala event. During the auction and bidding, three bottles of whiskey were kept going through the crowd. As each bidder made a bid, a bottle was passed to him for a drink. "Nobody got drunk," Col. Yoder related, "but a few of the older fellows got a little tight."

John Yoder's(2) 1202 acres of land were divided among his heirs as follows:

To Mary B. Yoder(2), Widow 158 acres

To Michael Yoder(3) 186 acres

To Peter Yoder(3) 190 acres

To John Yoder, Jr.(3) 161 acres

To Jacob Yoder(3) 167 acres

To Jonas Reep(4), a grandson 150 acres

John Yoder's(2) children married as follows: John Yoder(3), Sarah Whitener, May 15, 1819;

Christina Yoder(3), Jacob Weaver, December 21, 1823;

3 Christina YODER b: Cir 1796 d: Cir 1879

+ Jacob WEAVER b: 1807 d: 12 October 1885

4 Henry WEAVER

4 Helena WEAVER

4 Sophia WEAVER

4 Mollie WEAVER

4 John WEAVER

Chris,
 
 Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. I have a car wreck and hadn't been able to get back to my research. I e-mailed you I think in June about Nancy Yoder and you asked about her descendants. Here is what I have:
Nancy Yoder birth/Christened 1802 Lincoln, NC
 d. 27 Feb. 1878
Jacob Weaver married: 21 Dec. 1823
 b. 1790 Lincoln, NC
 d. 27 Dec. 1882 in Fannin Co. GA
Children:
Polly Mary A Weaver b. 1829 NC
Eliza Weaver b. 1832 NC
Alfred Weaver b. 1833 NC
John A Weaver b. 1836 NC
Ibby Weaver b. 1847 GA
Newton Weaver b. 1844 GA
Victoria Weaver b. Oct. 1850 GA
Elias Weaver b. 9 Feb 1841 GA d. 17 Sep 1930 Fannin Co GA
Jacob Weaver b. 11 Mar 1823 NC d. 26 Jun 1915 Fannin Co GA
Fidellio Weaver b. 28 Aug 1838 GA d. 26 Feb 1928 Fannin Co GA
Burton Weaver b. Sep 1842 GA d. 5 Jul 1922 Fannin Co GA
That's all I have on Nancy. I'm trying to find her parents. My
ggg-grandfather was Fidellio. I have all of his family down to my daughter if you need it. Thank you for all the info you sent. I REALLY appreciate it. If I can be of any help, just let me know. If you can help me with Nancy's parents that would be great! Bye for now. Trina Matthews brittany@ellijay.com

Jacob Yoder(3), Catharine Hahn, June 6, 1824; Michael Yoder(3), Polly Dietz, November 10, 1824; Peter Yoder(3), Rachel Hahn, May 18, 1832; Mollie Yoder(3), Caleb Dietz; and Barbara Yoder(3), David Reep.

All of John Yoder's(2) children, except Peter Yoder(3), lived and died in Lincoln and what is now Catawba Counties. Most of the Yoders living north of Grace Church and in the vicinity of the old Conrad Yoder(1) homestead were and are descendants of John Yoder(2).

Around 1850 Peter Yoder(3), son of John Yoder(2), sold his land and moved by covered wagon to the state of Missouri, and settled near what is now the town of Farmington. After his first wife died, he married a Miss Covington and raised a large family of children. In 1917 the author visited one of his daughters who was ten years old when her father moved to Missouri with his family. She reminisced interestingly about the long trip by covered wagon to that new frontier state, and especially how she feared the wagon in which she was riding would turn over while they were crossing the mountains. The pioneer board house that Peter Yoder(3) had built was still standing in 1917, but had recently been abandoned. Close-by was an old neighborhood cemetery in which Peter Yoder(3) and his two wives were buried. Their graves were unmarked and the cemetery had grown up in weeds, bushes and small trees.

1. John Yoder (2) 1764-1835 (Con1)

JOHN YODER, ELDEST SON

Con1 John Yoder (John Abel Sr-per lexikay1@aol.com) (10/26/1764 Lincoln Co.,

NC-12/29/1835 Lincoln Co., NC)

m. ca 1790 Mary Barbara Reep (1765-Aug.28,1842 Catawba Co., NC).

both buried Grace Church Cemetery

+Con11- John (John Abel Jr-per LexiKay1@aol.com) b. Mar.19,1795

Con12- Christina b. ca 1796 m. Dec.21, 1823 Lincoln Co., NC

Jacob Weaver d. "age 83" ca 1879

+Con13- Jacob b. Mar.25, 1797

+Con14- Michael b. Mar.17, 1799

+Con15- Peter b.Oct.13, 1805

Con16- Mollie b. m. Caleb Dietz (b. 1/20/1817 Lincoln, Co, NC.

(son of Solomon DEITZ)

Con17- Barbara b. m. 3/20/1828 Lincoln Co, NC

David Reep d. "age 82"

CHAPTER IV

JOHN YODER(3), 1795-1870

John Yoder(3), the oldest son of John Yoder (2), was born March 19, 1795, and died March 19, 1870. He married Sarah (Sallie) Whitener, May 15, 1819. She died in April 1869. John Yoder(3) first was a member of the Reformed Church at Grace, and later became a Methodist. He and his wife are buried at Grace Church Cemetery. Their children were Abel, Lavina, Daniel, Anna, Levi, William, Mary, and Andrew.

John Yoder(3) was a farmer. He inherited from his father's estate 161 acres of land lying on both sides of Jacob's Fork River. He built a log house on the west side of the river, near the branch that comes down from the Rhoney School. The house was used as a dwelling by his descendants until around 1900. He bought two other tracts of land about three miles west of his home place, in the Hog Hill section. In the last few years of his life, John Yoder(3) lived with his son Levi in Newton.

2. John Yoder (3) 1795-1870 (Con11)

Con11 John Yoder d. Mar.19,1870 bur. Grace Church Cem.

m. May 15, 1819 Lincoln Co., NC Sarah (Sallie) Whitener

(11/30/1793 -4/2/1869) (per LexiKay1@aol.com- John Abel Jr; Sarah

was born about 1797 in , Lincoln Co. NC, (Zion Luth bapt). She

died Apr 1869 in Catawba Co, NC.)

+Con111- John Abel b. 1818

Con112- Barbara Lavinia (3/8/1824 Catawba Co., NC- ) m. 4/3/1840

Lincoln Co., NC Jesse Killian (c1824- ) (per LexiKey1@aol.com-

Barbara also married David REEP (b c1824) "children lived in different climes"

+Con113- Daniel Moses b. Apr.10,1822

Con114- Anna Eliza b. ? m. John Reep .. "4 children"

Con115- William b. ca1824 . single.. moved to SC

+Con116- Levi b. ca1825

Con117- Mary (Mollie) b. ca1833 m1 11/9/1856 Catawba Co., NC Amzi A. Hahn

(12//31/1833 Lincoln Co., NC-7/17/1864 Petersburg, VA -Civil War)

m2 Luther Flannagan, "children lived in Hickory"

+Con118- Andrew R. b. Feb.7, 1836

Children

1. Abel Yoder(4) was born in 1818, and was killed in the Civil War at the battle of Bristow Springs, Virginia. He had married Lizzie Jarrett. Their children were Anna, Marcus, Robert Knox, George, Rhoda, Lizzie, and William. Abel Yoder(4) was a farmer and cabinet maker.

Con111- John Abel Yoder d. Civ. War, Battle of Bristow Springs,VA

m. 3/22/1841 Lincoln Co., NC to Lizzie Jarrett (10/19/1821-2/19/1900)

Con1111- Anna b. ca1841 m. Elem Thouser

Con1112- Marcus b. ca1843 killed in Civil War

+Con1113- Robert Knox b. ca1845

("Robert d. Civ War, Knox lived GA")

Con1114- Rhoda b. ca1847

Con1115- George b. ca1850

("in GA".. a George res, Union Co.,TN 1900. wife Malinda

he b. Aug. 1848 )

Con1116- Lizzie (Elizabeth) b. ?

Con1117- William b. ca1850 "single lives with mother"

Con1118- Frances b. "left the state"

Con1113- Robert Knox ( c1845 NC- ) ("Robert d. Civ War (sic?),

Knox lived GA") ?per 1880 Ga-McDuffie Co: Robert Knox Yoder (c1852 NC-

) m. Bell ____ (c1853 Ga- )

Con11131- Lucy (1874 NC- )

Con11132- Robert (1877 Ga- )

Con11133- Feddie (age 10/12 in 1880 Ga- )

4 John Abel YODER b: Cir 1819

+ Elizabeth "Lizzie" JARRETT b: 19 October 1821 d: 19 February 1900

5 Anna YODER b: Cir 1841

+ Elem THOUSER

5 Marcus YODER b: Cir 1843

5 Robert Knox YODER b: Cir 1845

5 Rhoda YODER b: Cir 1847

+ John F. CARPENTER b: 10 November 1849 d: 26 April 1926

5 George YODER b: Cir 1848

5 Lizzie YODER

5 William YODER b: Cir 1850

2. Lavina Yoder(4) was born in 1820. She married Jesse Killian. Their children were Martha, Aldine, Sallie, Caroline, John, Simon, Telitha, William, Belle, and Brownlow.

4 Barbara Lavinia YODER b: 8 March 1824

+ Jesse KILLIAN

5 Martha KILLIAN

5 Aldine KILLIAN

5 Sallie KILLIAN

5 Caroline KILLIAN

5 John KILLIAN

5 Simon KILLIAN

+ Marietta SEAGLE b: 28 June 1862

5 Telitha KILLIAN

5 Willian L. KILLIAN b: 29 September 1839 d: 3 January 1920

+ Eva BAKER b: 4 October 1843 d: 7 July 1927

6 J. Yates KILLIAN

6 Anna KILLIAN

6 Craig KILLIAN

5 Belle KILLIAN

5 Brownlow KILLIAN

3. Daniel M. Yoder(4). See Chapter V.

4. Anna Yoder(4) married John Reep. Their children were Laban,

Willie, and Francis.

4 Anna Eliza Clarissa YODER b: 7 August 1823

+ John REEP

5 Laban REEP

5 Willie REEP

5 Francis REEP

5. Levi Yoder(4) married Harriet Gross. Their children were Tollie, Sallie, Ase, and Edward. Levi Yoder(4) was a carpenter, merchant, and tailor. He was a Civil War veteran.

4 Levi Franklin YODER b: 29 November 1825

+ Harriet GROSS b: April 1843

5 Tollie YODER

5 Sallie YODER b: July 1870

5 Ase YODER b: January 1872

5 Edward YODER

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This note was written apparently mosting by Neal Wilfong and then forwarded by Lynn Kirk, LNZBOP@aol.com  , Feb 18, 2006

Dear Lynn:

After your recent e-mail was forwarded to me by Bill Yoder of Hickory, NC, I went through several of my reference sources in search of your great-grandfather Asa Yoder's family.

In The History of the Yoder Family in North Carolina, by the late Dr. Fred Roy Yoder, on page 31, I located an "Ase Yoder" who was a child of Levi Yoder and his wife, the former Harriet Gross. According to Dr. Yoder's research Ase was a sibling to Tollie, Sallie, and Edward Yoder.

As you believe that Asa Yoder lived and worked in Newton, I consulted the Catawba County Cemeteries, volume VII, that is devoted to tombstone records in Eastview Cemetery in the City of Newton. On page eight I located an Asa A. Yoder, who was born January 10, 1872 and died March 4, 1946. A woman, Nellie Sill Yoder, who lived from May 8, 1872 to May 12, 1908, is buried either beside Asa or nearby. I speculate that Nellie may have been his wife. You mentioned in your letter that your great-grandmother died when your grandmother Colleen was around four years old. Was your grandmother born ca. 1904?

Levi F. Yoder is also buried in Eastview Cemetery in Newton. He was born November 29, 1825 and died April 21, 1894. I did not locate any data on Levi Yoder's wife, Harriet. She may be buried in an unmarked grave at Eastview or interred in another cemetery. There are graves near Levi's for a Lonnie Wade Yoder, who died July 7, 1876, at the age of 1 year 6 months 13 days, and for an unnamed infant daughter, no dates.

As Levi Yoder must have been more than 50 years old when Lonnie was born, it is possible that Harriet was quite a bit younger and perhaps remarried after her husband's death. If I had more time (which I don't seem to have these days) I would check all nine volumes of the Catawba County Cemetery records for Harriet's name. The majority of the cemetery books do not index persons by individual name, but by surname only, and as there are so many Yoders buried throughout Catawba County, it would require too much time to check out each Yoder death. The Catawba County Cemetery books were published by the Catawba County Genealogical Society. I think that there is a county website that may index all the burials in Catawba County as contained in the cemetery book collection.. If a Harriet Yoder could be found among those listings I could look up her birth and death data once the specific volume of the cemetery books was known. Of course there could be the problem of distinguishing between persons with a similar name. The matter of a possible different married surname would be another puzzle.

Using Dr. Yoder's history of the Yoder family as my source it looks like your descent from Swiss pioneer Conrad Yoder is as follows:

Conrad Yoder and first wife, Christina Klein (Cline)

John Yoder and Mary Barbara Reep

John Yoder, Jr. and Sarah (Sallie) Whitener

Levi F. Yoder and Harriet E. Gross

Asa A. Yoder and Nellie Sill

Colleen Harriet Yoder and Warren Knox Beattie (both deceased)

Colleen Elizabeth Johnston and Donald Edward Johnston----(my parents, both deceased)

Lynn Johnston Kirk (Me) -- Warren Jeffrey Johnston (my brother), Jan Elizabeth Johnston O'Hara (My sister), and Leslie Harriet Johnston (my sister)

Justin Scott Kirk (My son) and Shelby Rae Colleen Leavitt (My daughter)

Jennifer Leah Johnston Newton (Warren J. Johnston's daughter)

Casey Elizabeth Johnston (Warren J. Johnston's daughter)

Gabriel Joseph O'Hara (My sister's son)

It looks like your great-grandfather Asa A. Yoder was a first cousin to Alfred P. Yoder, who was the paternal grandfather of Bill Yoder of Hickory. Alfred Yoder's father, Daniel M. Yoder, was an older brother to your great-great-grandfather Levi F.Yoder.

If I may be of further assistance, please contact me.

And that is the end of my story so far! Hope to meet everyone soon at a reunion.

Sincerely,

Lynn J. Kirk

Jacksonville, FL

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Census note: 1930 census shows:

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Yoder, Hasiett 86 NC Catawba, Newton

Asa 57

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Census 1920 shows:

Yoder, Harriet 75 1844 North Carolina White Newton, Catawba, North Carolina

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6. William Yoder(4) never married. He was a carpenter. He moved to South Carolina as a young man and died in that state.

4 William YODER b: Abt 1824

7. Mary (Mollie) Yoder(4) first married Amzi Hahn, who was killed in the Civil War. They had one daughter, Mary, who married an Abee. Mary (Mollie) Hahn(4) married Luther Flannagan as her second husband. They had two sons.

4 Mary (Mollie) YODER b: Abt 1833

+ Amzi Alexander HAHN

5 Mary HAHN

+ Unknown ABEE

+ Luther FLANNAGAN

8. Andrew B. Yoder(4). See Chapter VII.

1 Conrad YODER b: Abt 1730 d: April 1790

+ Christina KLEIN b: Abt 1750 d: 1771-1772

2 John YODER b: 26 October 1764 d: 29 December 1835

+ Mary Barbara REEP b: Cir 1765 d: 28 August 1842

3 John YODER b: 19 March 1795 d: 19 March 1870

+ Sarah (Sallie) WHITENER b: 30 November 1793 d: 2 April 1869

CHAPTER V

DANIEL M. YODER(4), 1822-1908

Daniel M. Yoder(4), was born April 19, 1822, and died May 21, 1908. He married Sarah Whisnant, who was born January 7, 1833 and died November 9, 1908. Both were members of Zion Lutheran Church and are buried in Zion Church Cemetery. Their children were Jason, Hosea, James, Ida, Martha, Alfred, Robert, and Hilliard.

Daniel M. Yoder(4) was a farmer. He inherited land from his father lying on both sides of Jacob's Fork River. His wife also inherited land on Henry's Fork River.

"Uncle Dan," as he was usually called by kinsmen and neighbors in his old age, was a quiet, modest man of a few words. In groups he would sit and listen, rarely saying a word. The author remembers him as wearing long white hair, with curls that came down to his shoulders. He was ahardy and active man in his old age. He liked hunting. When hunters came close to his home, he often got down his long-barrel rifle and joined the hunt. The author remembers "Uncle Dan" joining in the hunts when he was over 80 years of age.

4 Daniel Moses YODER b: 10 April 1822 d: 21 May 1908

+ Sarah WHISNANT b: 7 January 1833 d: 9 November 1908

3. Daniel M. Yoder (4) 1822-1908

Con113 Daniel Moses Yoder d. May 21, 1908

m. c1853 Sarah E. Whisnant (Jan.7,1833 Lincoln Co, NC-

Nov.9,1908 Catawba Co., NC) both bur. Zion Church Cemetery

+Con1131- Jason E. b. Oct.10,1855 m. Jane Yoder (Con1321)

d. Jul.21, 1916 Brookfield. bur. Zion Church Cem.

+Con1132- Hosea W. b. Jun. 1858 m.Theodosia Whitener

Con1133- James P. (3/6/1860-12/29/1949) m. Fannie Etta Weaver

(5/15/1872-8/29/1959)

Con1134- Ida b. ca1861 m. c1881 Jones Sigmon (c1861- )

Con1135- Martha b. ca1863 m. c1883 Noah Whitener (c1863- )

no issue

+Con1136- Alfred P. b. Jan.12, 1866 m. Cora Yoder (Con1318)

d. May 1,1947 bur. Zion Church Cem.

+Con1137- Robert M. b. 1867 m. Ida Abernathy

+Con1138- Hilliard b. Nov. 1870 m Minnie Weaver

Children and Grandchildren

1. Jason E. Yoder(5) was born October 10, 1855, and died July 21, 1916. He married Jane Yoder(5) who was born September 13, 1856, and died June 30, 1900. Both were members of Zion Lutheran Church and are buried in Zion Church Cemetery. Their children were Lilly-belle, Carl, Carrie, Marshall, Macon, Ora, and Clyde. Jason E. Yoder(5) was a farmer and wagoner. During the last ten years of his life he lived in Brookford and worked at various odd jobs.

5 Jason Elisha YODER b: 10 October 1855 d: 21 July 1916

+ Jane Barbara YODER b: 13 September 1856 d: 30 June 1900

Con1131- Jason Elisha 910/10/1855-7/21/1916 Brookfield.) m. 8/18/1880

Jane Barbara Yoder (Con1321) (9/13/1856-6/30/1900) bur. Zion Church Cem.

farmer and wagoner

Con11311- Lillybelle ( - ) m

Longdon Huffman -one child

Con11312- Carl M. (9/4/1884-3/7/1946 bur Zion Church Cem)

m Elsie M. Teague (5/20/1886- )

Con11313- Carrie ( 1884- 1956) m1 Robert Lee Martin

( -1930) m2 A.D. Herren

Con11314- Marshall m Evie Hedrick

Con11315- Macon m Ella Sigmon

Con11316- Ora m ____ Williams

Con11317- Clyde m Helen ____

Lilly-belle Yoder(6) married Longdon Huffman. They had one child.

6 Lillybelle YODER b: Cir 1881

+ Longdon HUFFMAN

Carrie Yoder(6) was born in 1884 and died in 1956. She first married Robert Lee Martin, who died in 1930. She then married A. D. Herren. She had six children by her first husband.

6 Carrie Emma YODER b: 18 February 1884 d: 4 December 1956

+ Robert Lee MARTIN b: 11 August 1865 d: 23 June 1930

7 Murphy MARTIN b: Cir 1904 d: 24 August 1905

7 Eva Salomae MARTIN b: 24 October 1905 d: 4 October 1980

+ Fred Lee DIETZ b: 15 August 1902 d: 19 April 1961

8 Milford Lee DIETZ b: 26 March 1923 d: 3 July 1975

+ Rose Conrad MYERS

9 Alan DIETZ

+ Carol Francine HALLMAN

10 Dax DIETZ

10 Nikki DIETZ

10 Lane DIETZ

9 Susan DIETZ

+ Daniel L. SAWYER

10 Cameron SAWYER

10 Trey SAWYER

9 Rosemary DIETZ

+ Greg SKOOG

8 Harold Loyd DIETZ b: 25 January 1927 d: 21 June 1927

7 Ruby Octavia MARTIN b: 6 April 1907 d: 14 February 1972

+ Alfred Decal PARKER

7 Shuford H. MARTIN b: 25 January 1909 d: 8 July 1925

7 Charlie Bramon MARTIN b: 2 May 1910 d: 21 August 1967

+ Nellie HAYNES

7 Bonnie Katherine MARTIN b: 29 August 1915 d: 22 December 1963

+ James Edward GIBSON

+ Alonzo D. HERREN

+ A.B. HAWN

Carl M. Yoder(6) was born September 4, 1884, and died March 7, 1946. He is buried in Zion Church Cemetery. He married Elsie M. Teague, who was born May 20, 1886. Their children were Roscoe, James, "W.G.," Ovelia, and Barbaree.

6 Carl M. YODER b: 4 September 1882 d: 7 March 1946

+ Elsie M. TEAGUE b: 20 May 1886 d: 26 December 1974

7 Roscoe YODER

7 James YODER

7 W. G. YODER

7 Ovelia YODER b: 21 March 1917 d: 29 August 1989

7 Barbaree YODER

Marshall Yoder(6) married Ella Sigmon.

6 Marshall W. YODER b: March 1885

+ Evie HEDRICK

Ora Yoder(6) married ________ Williams.

Clyde Yoder(6) married Helen _________.

6 Macon YODER b: Cir 1886

+ Ella SIGMON

6 Willie M. YODER b: March 1890

6 Katie Ora YODER b: Cir 1893

+ Unknown WILLIAMS

6 Clark J. YODER b: Cir 1895

+ Helen UNKNOWN

2. Hosea Yoder(5) married Theodosia Whitener. Their children were Mark, Lula, Kenneth, Fredie, Ivey, Essie, Colen, Vernon, and Nettie. Hosea Yoder(5) was a farmer.

5 Hosea YODER b: 7 January 1858 d: 22 September 1940

+ Theodosia Candice (Doshia) WHITENER b: 10 April 1873 d: 22 November 1949

6 Lula YODER b: 9 April 1895 d: 23 August 1972

+ George Henry WHITENER b: 6 May 1898 d: 8 April 1985

6 Ivey YODER b: Cir 1898

+ Unknown STEPHENS

6 Mark YODER b: Cir 1900

6 William McKinley YODER b: 22 July 1901

6 Freddie YODER b: 5 March 1903 d: 29 December 1972

+ George Vernon ECKARD b: 5 August 1901 d: 1 March 1975

6 Kenneth YODER

6 Colen YODER b: Cir 1906

6 Essie YODER b: Cir 1908

6 Nettie YODER b: Cir 1911

6 Vernon YODER b: Cir 1915

Con1132- Hosea W. Yoder (1/7/1858 Catawba Co., NC-9/22/1940

Catawba Co., NC) m. Theodosia Candice "Dosia" Whitener

(4/10/1873 Catawba Co., NC- 11/22/1949 Catawba Co., NC)

Con11321- Mark

Con11322- Lula

Con11323- Kenneth

Con11324- Fredie

Con11325- Ivey

Con11326- Essie

Con11327- Colen

Con11328-Vernon

Con11329- Nettie

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from Ted Yoder—

Mrs. Essie is aunt of Larry Hefner of Forrest City who

has helped us with reunion. Her neice Irene Yoder

Sain, sister of Pauline Yoder Alley and the late

Willis Yoder, died a few days ago.

Essie was the woman who my Dad took the newly fresh

heifer without horns ('mooley cow') to about 50 years

ago, and she said, "This cow dont have horns!" and Dad

replied, "They dont give milk from their horns," As

Dad told in the story at the natl reunion 2 yrs ago,

"that was the wrong thing to say." Unbeknownst to

him, while Dad told that story, Essie was setting just

a table away, laughing big about it! She was a very

sweet lady who came regularly to the reunion.

Obituaries for July 23 HDR

ESSIE Y. GREENHILL

Essie Yoder Greenhill, 99, of Hickory, died July 22,

2002, at Frye Regional Medical Center.

Born Sept. 13, 1902, in Catawba County, she was a

daughter of the late Hosea W. and Theodosia Whitener

Yoder.

A lifelong member of Royal Chapel Church of God, she

was a member of the choir and Missionary Society,

Sunday school teacher and church custodian. She was a

homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur M.

Greenhill; four brothers; and four sisters.

Survivors include five daughters and four sons-in-law,

Betty and Ned Pitts, Alice F. and Tom Clay and Helen

and Marshall Rudisill of Hickory, Shirley and Art

Hardt of Jacksonville, N.C., and Edith Young of

Raleigh; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and

four great-great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. John Petty,

Paul Cobb and Larry Hefner at 3 p.m. Wednesday at her

church.

The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior

to the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The family will be at Bass-Smith Funeral Home, 334

Second St., NW, Hickory, from 7 to 8:30 tonight.

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Irene was daughter of Wm. McKinley 'Ken' Yoder, son of

Hosea Yoder.

The Steve Abee mentioned is the potter.

Obituaries for July 24 HDR

IRENE Y. SAIN

Irene Yoder Sain, 70, of Hickory, died July 19, 2002,

at Frye Regional Medical Center.

Born May 18, 1932, in Catawba County, she was a

daughter of the late Ken and Thirsie Young Yoder.

A member of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day

Saints in Morganton, she was employed with Shuford

Mills.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Lydia Joyce;

two brothers, Gary Yoder and Dill Yoder; and a sister,

Noot Bennitt.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Allen and

Myla Sain of Cedar City, Utah; three daughters and

sons-in-law, Sissy and Jeff Icard of Salt Lake City,

Utah, Vickie and Bo Beard of Hickory and Spring and

Kenneth Reitzel of Conover; four brothers, Beuford

Lindsay and Dude Yoder of Burke County and Daryl Yoder

and Colon Yoder of the George Hildebran community;

three sisters, Pauline Alley of Hickory, Blaka Abee of

Connelly Springs and Liz Crow of Georgia; 18

grandchildren, Shane Hughes, Vandy Hughes, Emily Sain,

Benjamin Sain, Amy Sain, Michael Sain, Sarah Sain,

Febee Icard, Joanie Icard, Brandy Icard, Velva Lowman,

Kyle Joyce, Katie Beard, Jessica Weaver, Danielle

Reitzel, Shelly Reitzel, Nathan Reitzel and Brittany

Sain; and 12 great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted by Dave Abbott, Dan

Clark and Blaka Abee at 11:30 a.m. today at her

church.

Burial will be in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Danny Lindsay, Jeff Yoder, Rob

Yoder, Greg Crow, Steven Abee, Billy Yoder and Jason

Yoder.

The family will be at the church at 10 a.m. today.

Bass-Smith Funeral Home, 334 Second St., NW, Hickory,

is in charge of arrangements.

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3. James P. Yoder(5) was born March 6, 1860 and died December 26, 1949. He married Etta Weaver, who was born May 15, 1872, and died August 29, 1959. Both were members of Zion Lutheran Church and are buried in Zion Church Cemetery. Their children were Paul, Jacob, Benjamin, and David. James P. Yoder(5) was a farmer. He inherited the old home place and took care of his parents in their old age. He liked hunting dogs, which he carefully trained. His dogs were usually the best hunting dogs in the community.

5 James P. YODER b: 6 March 1860 d: 26 December 1949

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